DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE CULTURAL COMMITTEE AT THE IRANIAN PARLIAMENT JAWAD AREIN MENCH SAID THE CONFESSION OF THE BRITISH SAILORS THAT THEY HAD VIOLATED THE IRANIAN TERRITORIAL WATERS HAS MADE THE HASTY STANCE OF THE UN'S SECURITY COUNCIL LACK CREDIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANCE. IN A STATEMENT CARRIED BY THE IRANIAN MEDIA TODAY, MENCH SAID THE DETENTION OF THE BRITISH SAILORS BY IRAN CONFORMS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LAWS. HE DESCRIBED THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN THIS RESPECT AS AN EXPLOITATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF CERTAIN GOALS. HE URGED THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO SUSPEND ITS RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN.
